Medicinal vaporizer



Patented Get. 21, 1924.

QNETEE STATE r orriea.

MEDICINAL VAPORIZER.

Application filed August 17, 1820. Serial No. 404,177.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, RAYMOND Jackson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Medicinal Vaporizers, of which the following is a specifi cation.

This invention relates to Vaporizers particularly applicable for use as medicinal Vaporizers where it is desired to pass air through a liquid medicine so as to form a vapor adapted to be discharged in such manner as to be readily breathed by a patient.

The invention will be readily understood from the following description of the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the vaporizer.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same with the lid open.

Fig. 3 is a detail section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4: is a similar view on the line 4l-4 of Fig. 2.

The vaporizer is shown as a portable structure self-contained within a suitable casing which is provided with a discharge opening for the medicinal vapors, said discharge opening being arranged as a funnel over which a patient may hold his head so as to breathe the medicated Vapors.

In the drawings the casing for the vaporizer is shown as a box-like structure 1 having the handles 2 for transporting the same, and a hinged lid 3, preferably, provided at its swinging edge with a depending lip A cooperating with a recess 5 provided in the casing so as to form an air tight closure.

Within the casing upon the bottom of the same is arranged an electrical motor 6 connected by shaft 7 to an air compressor 8. A tubing 9 leads from the air compressor to a port 10 provided in the base of anair tight tank 11. This tank is mounted upon a base 12 supported upon the bottom of easing 1 and, preferably, having a threaded connec tion 13 with the tank. A quick detachable screw socket 14: is mounted upon base 12 and an electric coil 15 is adapted to be supported in said socket so as to extend upwardly within tank 11. A discharge pipe 16 communicates with a discharge port arranged in the upper portion of the tank 11.

The pipe 16 communicates with a liquid receptacle shown as a casing 17 divided by gasket plate 20 of rubber or the like is arranged over the tops of chambers 19 and is provided with suitable openings 21 communicating with the respective chambers. A cover 22 lits over gasket 20 and" may be clamped to the receptacle 17 by means of the screw clamps 23. This cover is so arranged as to form a chamber 24 communicating by way of openings 21 with all of the chambers 19. A header 25 is arranged in front of each of the chambers 19 andthe pipe 16 communicates with the first of said headers and the remaining headers are in turn connected one to anotherby means of pipes 26. A conduit 27 extends from each of the headers to a point adjacent the lower portions of the respective chambers 19 where they communicate by way of suitable ports with the respective chambers. A stop cook 28 is provided in each of the conduits 27.

The chamber 2% of the liquid receptacle communicates with the vapor discharging means shown as comprising a funnel 30 connected by means of pipe 31 to the chamber 24. Thisfunnel is arranged beneath the cover of the casing for the vaporizer, and the open end 31 of said funnel extends through a suitable opening 32 provided in cover 3 so that a patient holding his head over the funnel may breathe the medicinal vapors emerging therefrom.

A usual electrical switch 33 is provided I in casing 1 and includes a push button 34 for opening or closing an electrical circuit. The circuit through switch 33 includes a conductor cord 35 extending outwardly through casing 1 and arranged to be con-V nected to a suitable source of electrical energy and to conductor cords 36-37 communicat ng respectively with the terminals of socket 14 and with the terminals of mothe liquid Within any one or any combination of the chambers 19 and upwardly through the same so as to form vapor of the medicine contained within chambers 19. This medicated vapor will be discharged by way of openings 21, chamber 24:, and pipe 31 to the funnel from whence it is discharged to the atmosphere.

It will be understood that by placing a different medicine in each of the chambers or compartments 19 and providing separate air controlling means for each compartment, any one or any combination of the diiferent medicines may be vaporized at a given time; and, furthermore, since the quantity of air passed through a medicine determines the quantity vaporized, a mixture of any two or of all three medicines containing any de sired proportions of the same may be had.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

1. A vaporizer comprising a tank, an air compressor in communication with the tank, an electric motor for actuating the compressor, an electrical heating coil Within the tank, a circuit controller for supplying current to the motor and heating coil, a liquid receptacle divided interiorly into a plurality of compartments, pipes for eiiecting communication between the top 01 said tank and the bottom of said compartments, valves for selectively controlling the passage of air to the compartments, and a common discharge nozzle at the top of the receptacle.

2. A vaporizer comprising a tank, means for supplying compressed air to the tank, an electrical heating coil within the tank, means for controlling the heating coil, a liquid receptacle divided interiorly into a plurality of compartments, pipes for effecting communication between the top of said ank and the bottom of said compartments, valves for selectively controlling the passage of air to the compartments, and a common discharge nozzle at the top of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

RAYMOND JACKSON. 

